Vinyl adhesive tape also effective for direct microscopy diagnosis of chromomycosis, lobomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Miranda, Mario F R ^a   Silva, Ademir J G ^a  

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Author keywords

Chromomycosis; Lobomycosis; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Vinyl adhesive tape

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LOBOMYCOSIS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 18844456618     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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